Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotParseCamera.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotParseCamera.c	(revision 10393)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotParseCamera.c	(revision 10427)
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@
 
     // select recipe options supplied on command line
-    psMetadata *recipe  = psMetadataLookupPtr (&status, config->recipes,   "PSPHOT");
-    psMetadata *options = psMetadataLookupPtr (&status, config->arguments, "PSPHOT.OPTIONS");
-    psMetadataCopy (recipe, options);
+    psMetadata *recipe  = psMetadataLookupPtr (&status, config->recipes, "PSPHOT");
 
     // set default recipe values here
+    // XXX drop this?  we put this in the default recipe?
     psMetadataAddStr (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "FITMODE",         PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default fitting mode", "NONE");
     psMetadataAddStr (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PHOTCODE",        PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default photcode",     "NONE");
@@ -75,4 +74,5 @@
 
     // Chip selection: turn on only the chips specified (pass status to suppress missing-key log msg)
+    // XXX why not put this in the recipe?
     char *chipLine = psMetadataLookupStr(&status, config->arguments, "CHIP_SELECTIONS");
     psArray *chips = psStringSplitArray (chipLine, ",", false);